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Covet by Tracy Wolff

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deankatie99's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The books keep getting better as the series continues. This book made me cry, laugh, and gasp. Definitely has been my favorite so far. 
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kirahaycock21's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Loved this book! Thought the plot was super interesting, it has me hooked. Love the slowly growing romance between Hudson and Grace.
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katharine2k's review

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dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The series has gotten better every book. The author is absolutely brutal with the side characters though and it’s starting to break my heart.
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takarakei's review

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adventurous emotional funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I’ll be honest I probably zoned out for about 25-30% of this book. I find the over descriptions of literally every detail to be exhausting sometimes. The plot was interesting but this was way too long and drawn out. Classic cliffhanger ending as is par for the course in this series. 

2.5/5 🌶️ 
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rinku's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Covet is the third book of the Crave series, meaning that there are three more books to go in the main series. For this, the plot, that is in some moments quite weird, progresses too slowly and there was more focus on the romance. 

A big problem this novel had was the pacing. In the first third of the book, there’s barely any plot and it rather focusses on Grace and her relationship to the Vega boys. After the events of the last book, Grace is now the mate of Hudson and
breaks up with Jaxon. She additionally gets to know that her connection to Jaxon was only orchestrated by Bloodletter and never real in the first place
. To find a solution for this mess and a way to defeat Cyrus, the big evil, they need to find a MacGuffin. 

Even though this book had so many pages, this main plot barely progresses because it takes such a long time until they actually start looking for it. This book was definitely too long and at least one fourth could’ve been cut, like the random sightseeing at NYC. Furthermore, some of the conflicts just felt artificial and Grace’s inner monologues repeated themselves from time to time, seemingly just to stretch the book more. In comparison to this, I still really like the high school elements of the story and I’m a bit sad that Grace is already in her graduation year. 

When they finally start looking for the crown though, it gets more interesting and exciting. Grace and some of her friends go
to prison to find the blacksmith. I found this whole arc a bit weird since it wasn’t so vividly described, but I still felt the creepy atmosphere there. Luckily, they find the blacksmith and are able to free him, but they’re forced to leave Remy behind
. 

Like with Crush, the ending was so great, dramatic and emotional:
When our squad arrives at the cave, Cyrus and his people are already there and trying to stop them from reaching the beast. In the course of the fight, Luca died for Flint which was so sad. Jaxon almost died as well, but Flint’s mom saved his life. I don’t know about this, and this sounds mean, but I would’ve preferred if he actually died. This would’ve had a greater impact, and I just don’t like this “a character seems to be dead but isn’t actually”-trope. We’re again left with a mean cliffhanger that Cyrus apparently kidnapped all the children at Katmere
. What annoyed me though was that
they only get the key at the end of the book and not even the crown itself, showing how little the plot progressed
. 

I still find the writing of the series okay and I especially enjoy the dialogues that are often funny but still feel like actual people are talking. Sometimes, some phrases are repeating; I didn’t even bother to count how often Hudson’s British accent was mentioned, it was a lot lmao. Another thing that I need to mention specifically concerns the German translation: I felt that this time, the translation was quite clumsy and just too close to the original. Often, English sayings are word for word translated into German, even though the saying doesn’t exist like this in German. 

When looking at the characters, I feel a bit ambivalent. I don’t even know why, but I like Grace quite a lot. She feels like a real person as well since her feelings are portrayed so well. Who don’t feel so real are some characters of the main squad who fulfil some clichés and don’t have much more going for them. Additionally, there are barely any interesting female characters which I find a bit sad. The romance was also okay this time; like I’ve mentioned before, I neither like love triangles with brother nor the idea fated love. I honestly don’t care who Grace is dating since both of the boys are okay. I think I prefer Hudson more since he’s much more likable here than in Crush but the conflicts with him and Grace felt so artificial and hence were annoying. 

All in all, Covet was in my opinion the weakest book of the Crave series thus far. The plot was all over the place and everything was a bit drawn out. Still, it had some amazingly dramatic moments, and some characters are really great which both keep me interested in the series. 
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linguisticfanatic's review against another edition

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I just got bored of everything going on and didn't care what happened anymore.
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theespressoedition's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Alright, SO, if you've read my reviews for the first two books in the series, you'll know that I've been thoroughly enjoying my time reading this. It's fluffy, trope-y, and just pure entertainment. I've loved learning about all of the different creatures and I definitely want to take a trip to Katmere Academy.

BUT...

This book left me in the dust. I think maybe it just needed to be two separate books? Like pre-prison and getting out of prison? Because so much happened before Hudson and Grace were locked up, but even more happened while they were in there and I got super lost. Like really super lost. I had absolutely no clue what was going on and had the toughest time following as they tried to get out.

Also, what was with the number of betrayals in this one? I literally never learned who I could trust. Even by the end there were people I was still confused about.

And the end... I genuinely shed tears towards the end. Losing characters is never fun but this one stung more than I anticipated. Maybe because I didn't see it coming like I had for the character death in Crave. However, the resurrections for other characters drove me a little batty. Like yes, we get it, they can't die yet, but also... it could've been good if they had?

This is such a rambly review and I feel like that happens after a few books in a series. I get less structured with my thoughts because it's all just how the book makes me feel.

This one made me feel confused and I wanted more from it. Hoping Court brings the good stuff.
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reads_all_the_books's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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maddie_rae_reads's review

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Right when you think you’ve got it figured out, bam! I am totally loving this series! Book 3 did not disappoint like Book 2. While Book 2 was needed, so far it’s my least favorite in the series.
 In Book 3 (Covet) we get to see Grace’s struggles of separating her love for Jaxon and her love for Hudson and figuring out what they mean to her and how. I love that even though there is a mating bond, she isn’t just some love-sick girl for her mate-it’s an earned respect and admiration. 

We get to visit different creatures and expand this paranormal world from Katmere. Grace’s powers grow and hints of her origins start filling in the blank puzzle pieces of who she really is. Looking forward to delving more into that in Court (Book 4). 

I also love seeing how the other paranormals start sharing their dislike of the Vampire King and it gives me hope that more will rally when the time comes to really take him down. 

Lots of questions keeping us on edge for Court! What’s the string for? Will the Giants play a part in helping Grace? Who is “She”? Will Jaxon and Flint end up together after everything? 
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rhythmofryn's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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